Sliding gate.



F. H. DOERING.

SLIDING GATE..

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 11, 1909.

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PATENT FFCE,

FRED I-I. DOERING, SALIDA, COLORADO.

SLIDING GATE.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 30, 1909.

Application filed .Tune 11, 1909. Serial No. 5()1,573.

To alt whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRED H. DOERING, a citizen of the United States, residing at Salida, in the county of Chaffee and State of Colorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sliding Gates; and

I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and eXact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in sliding gates.

The object of the invention is to provide a sliding` gate having an improved construction of operating mechanism whereby the same may be readily opened and closed by a person riding in a vehicle or on horse back without alighting.

lVith the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts, as will be more fully described and particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a gate showing the same in closed position; Fig. 2 is a side view showing the gate in partially open posit-ion.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 denotes the supporting posts of the gate, on the upper ends of which is secured a track 2. The track 2 is raised at a point adjacent to the upper end of the intermediate supporting post 1, as shown at 8, and inclines in opposite directions for a purpose hereinafter described.

On the track 2 is mounted a gate support-- ing frame 4, on the upper end of which is arranged bearing brackets 5, on which are mounted track engaging wheels 6 by means of which the gate frame is slidably mounted on the track. On the lower end of the frame 4 is secured the gate 7 which may be of any suitable construction and has mounted on one side near its upper edge lever engaging wheels or rollers 8 and 9, between which is arranged the upper end of a gate operating lever 10, the lower end of which is pivotally connected to the intermediate supportingv post 1, as shown.

Connected to the upper end of the operating lever 10 are operating cords or cables 11 and 12 which extend upwardly and around guide pulleys 13 on a cross bar 14 se- 'cured on the upper end of the intermediate supporting bar-1. On the outer ends of the operating cords 11 and 12 are suitable handles 15 and 16 by means of which the cords are pulled to open or close the gate.

It will be noted that the inner bar of the gate supporting trame 4 is inclined so that the inner bearing bracket on the upper end of said bar will engage the track.

On one of the outer supporting posts 1 is arranged a latch keeper 17 which is here shown and is preferably in the form oi' a right angular plate and is adapted to be eirgaged by a latch 18 which is pivotaly mounted on one of the frame bars 4, adjacent to the outer end of the gate, as shown. The latch 18 is in the form of a bell crank lever with a right-angular arm depending from its lower leg. The arm terminates in an upwardly inclined foot 21, which, when the gate is brought to a closed position, rides up on the latch keeper 17, carried by the post 1 until it drops by gravity behind the same, whereby the gate is automatically locked in closed position.

To the inner upper end of the latch is secured an operating cord 22 which passes through a guide eye 23 and is connected to the end of the gate operating lever 10, whereby when said lever is pulled upwardly by the operating cord to open the gate, the latch will be disengaged from the keeper.

ln the operation ot' the gate, assuming the same to be in closed position, a person approaching the same from either direction, would grasp one of the handles 15 or 16 and pull the same, thus drawing upon either operating cord 11 and 12, which will pull the operating lever 10 upwardly into engagement with the wheel or roller 8, thereby sliding the gate back on its supporting track until the intermediate supporting wheel 6 on the track reaches the highest point 3 of the inclined portion of the track, at which time the handle and operating cord are released allowing the momentum of the initial opening of the gate, together with the inclined portion of the track to carry the gate back to a complete open position.

It will be understood that in pulling upon the operating cords or cables, a suiiciently hard pull or jerk is given to the same to slide the gate back with considerable force until it is half way open, when upon the release of the operating cords, the momentum obtained from such erk will completely open the gate,

as liereinbefore described. It Will be under;

stood that in closing the gate, the saine operation is repeated. I

From the foregoing description, taken 1n connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction and operation of vthe invention will be readily understood Without requiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the forni, proportion and the ininor details of construction may be resorted to Without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention, as defined in the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention, Wli at I claim is:

In a sliding gate, a supporting track, a

gate slidably inounted on said tracl, guide rollers arranged on said gate, a pivoted operating lever arranged between said guide rollers, operating cords connected to the npper end of said lever, a cord supporting cross arin, guide pulleys arranged on said arin to hold said cords in operative position,whereby the gate niay be opened or closed from either side.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto sot inv hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FRED H. DOERING.

lVitnesses JAMES H. TURNER, HARRY L. McGinnis. 

